One day, many years after the war ended, the retired Sixth Hokage seemed to have suddenly figured something out.
For the first time, he gave the landlady some flowers he'd just picked instead of paying for a dirty book.
Kazane was stunned. She never imagined that the man she'd known for twenty years could develop feelings for her.
Back at the Ninja Academy, along with the genius Kakashi and the dead-last Obito, there was another student known as a coward: Kazane.
She had decent talent, but once she saw a classmate bleed during practice, she burst into tears.
Someone like her was bound to die soon. Kakashi didn't care.
Later, that coward insisted on rescuing a dying teammate on the battlefield and ended up crippled in both legs.
She could never be a ninja again. It was a fitting end for her. Kakashi felt a little envious that she had survived.
Later still, he was no longer a boy. Both his body and soul were exhausted.
The coward of the past had become a wheelchair-using bookstore owner who smiled as she mercilessly smacked him with a book.
One ordinary morning, Kakashi came to his senses and decided to pursue that peaceful harbor.
Theme: Peace and love are the most beautiful hopes people have for life.
Come on, hey, hey, hey, it's too short.